The country causIng severe floodIng and landslIdes. Lebanon has banned WalkIe TalkIes and pagers from all flIghts out of the countrys only commercIal aIrport In operatIon. The move comes after explosIons were trIggered In pagers and WalkIe TalkIes used by hezbollah. The attacks kIlled at least 37 people and Injured thousands. Israel hasnt confIrmed It was behInd the attacks but Is wIdely assumed to be, and Its Defence MInIster, yoav gallant, has saId Its openIng a new phase In the war. And these are pIctures from the IsraelI mIlItary, whIch says It hIt hezbollah Infrastructure In an overnIght attack across The Border. It says It carrIed out AIr StrIkes on seven targets In southern lebanon. The us says Its Involved In IntensIve dIplomatIc efforts to prevent the conflIct escalatIng further. The leader of hezbollah, whIch some western states have desIgnated a terrorIst organIsatIon, Is expected to address the events In a speech later today. ThIs Is the moment a blast rocks beIrut. Hezboll
Sensitive site expiration is done. To be thanks very much, we appreciate it. Kristen oleary is the former director of Hostage Recovery for the United States. Hes a Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for the group. Coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. Ill speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. Ruth joins me. Then, with israel and Hezbollah Trading Fire over lebanons threatens to spill over into the region. Well go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. Plus, lbj and by the former vice Prime Minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. Good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. With wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, Global Leadership is critical. Were facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the worlds war. Legal peril facing the twice im
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Lynda welcome in the United States and all around the world. I am Lynda Kinkade with breaking News Coverage of israel at war. There are growing indications that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get underway at any moment. The u. S. Is now sending a second Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as well as additional fighter jets. The move is intended to deter iran, hezbollah, and others from entering the conflict. Some 300,000 israeli troops began amassing on the gaza border soon after last week ands Terror Attacks. Israel declared that it is ready to open a new phase in the war with significant Ground Operations. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front Lines Marking those offering words of support and telling them to be prepared. Palestinian authoritys in gaza city to show from the israeli airstrikes is now more than 2200. Including more than 700 children, according to the health ministry, 300 of th